A federal judge in Fresno, California has blocked a portion of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/californias-ab32-climate-law-to-create-a-cap-and-trade-program-in-the-largest-us-state/">California's Global Warming Solutions Act</a>, which aims to lower the carbon life cycle of fuel entering the state. The judge ruled that the state of California had no right to demand lower carbon life cycles from gasoline, diesel fuel, and biofuels entering the state from out of state companies because of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause">federal interstate commerce clause</a>. The judge then blocked enforcement of that specific part of <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a title="http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm" href="http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm">California's AB32</a></span> which could have saved the state 16 million metric tons of emissions....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/federal-judge-blocks-part-of-californias-climate-change-law/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Federal Judge Blocks Part of California's Climate Change Law

A federal judge in Fresno, California has blocked a portion of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/californias-ab32-climate-law-to-create-a-cap-and-trade-program-in-the-largest-us-state/">California's Global Warming Solutions Act</a>, which aims to lower the carbon life cycle of fuel entering the state. The judge ruled that the state of California had no right to demand lower carbon life cycles from gasoline, diesel fuel, and biofuels entering the state from out of state companies because of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause">federal interstate commerce clause</a>. The judge then blocked enforcement of that specific part of <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a title="http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm" href="http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm">California's AB32</a></span> which could have saved the state 16 million metric tons of emissions....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/federal-judge-blocks-part-of-californias-climate-change-law/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Federal Judge Blocks Part of California's Climate Change Law

A federal judge in Fresno, California has blocked a portion of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/californias-ab32-climate-law-to-create-a-cap-and-trade-program-in-the-largest-us-state/">California's Global Warming Solutions Act</a>, which aims to lower the carbon life cycle of fuel entering the state. The judge ruled that the state of California had no right to demand lower carbon life cycles from gasoline, diesel fuel, and biofuels entering the state from out of state companies because of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause">federal interstate commerce clause</a>. The judge then blocked enforcement of that specific part of <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a title="http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm" href="http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm">California's AB32</a></span> which could have saved the state 16 million metric tons of emissions....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/federal-judge-blocks-part-of-californias-climate-change-law/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Federal Judge Blocks Part of California's Climate Change Law

A federal judge in Fresno, California has blocked a portion of California's Global Warming Solutions Act, which aims to lower the carbon life cycle of fuel entering the state. The judge ruled that the state of California had no right to demand lower carbon life cycles from gasoline, diesel fuel, and biofuels entering the state from out of state companies because of the federal interstate commerce clause. The judge then blocked enforcement of that specific part of California's AB32 which could have saved the state 16 million metric tons of emissions....